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Top Ten Data Challenges (And Solutions) for Associations

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Here are the top 10 data challenges associations like yours are running into – and solutions on how to overcome them. 10: Your Data Volume and Complexity Challenge : If you’re overwhelmed by the sheer amount of data your association collects, you’re certainly not alone. Solution : Solve this challenge by creating a data capture policy.

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Challenging Conversations—Tackling Risk

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Highlighting organizational or project-related weaknesses can be confrontational and require a level of candor that may be outside the board’s comfort zone. Adding to the complication, unless you are currently facing a challenge, risk is abstract. Frame the Issues Risk isn’t on most directors’ list of favorite topics for discussion.

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What Does a Project Manager Do?

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When timelines are being met, challenges that arise are being navigated with ease and wisdom, and communication flows consistently and clearly between a nonprofit and a marketing agency, thank a project manager. What does a project manager do? The broad answer is project managers manage projects.

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The Value of Project Retrospectives: Project Closure and Lessons Learned

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In nonprofit management, closing out a project goes beyond the final deliverable. It involves reflecting on the process, analyzing successes and challenges, and capturing valuable insights for future projects. Project retrospec tives play a pivotal role to capture lessons learned.

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Build a Mission-Worthy Team

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Hiring for fit is more challenging. Know Who You Want Whether you are hiring a new employee or selecting staffers for a special project, a perfect fit doesn’t happen by accident. Similarly, when you are building a project-related team, document goals, and objectives and ensure that all participants understand what success looks like.

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Lead From the Human Side of Technology

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As a result, IT leaders are called on to share their wisdom with the rest of us, and they are challenged to help us collaborate in ways that are unfamiliar and sometimes uncomfortable. Managing the human side of digital transformation is challenging. Their responsibilities have transformed as quickly as the systems they manage.

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How Grantmakers Can Improve Collaboration Through Empathy and Experimentation

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Years ago, I worked on a project where I was hired to interview about 75 different foundations in one state. Also, most of the foundations I talked to found it difficult to collaborate with other foundations. From this learning, I was left with the question, “How can collaborations thrive when everyone feels that they are “unique”?